SPE Polymers

SPE Polymers is a peer-reviewed, fully gold open access journal covering all aspects of polymer science, polymer engineering and polymer technology, published by Wiley on behalf of the Society of Plastics Engineers since 2020, and it reported a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.4《SPE 聚合物》（SPE Polymers）是一本覆盖聚合物科学、聚合物工程与聚合物技术各领域的同行评审金色开放获取期刊，由（Wiley）代美国塑料工程师学会（Society of Plastics Engineers）自 2020 年起出版，2025 年期刊影响因子为 6.4。

Scope

• The journal is dedicated to sound science across polymer synthesis, polymer engineering and polymer technology该刊致力于覆盖聚合物合成、聚合物工程与聚合物技术的严谨科学。
• It solicits work on polymer synthesis and characterization, including gels and hydrogels, as well as polymer modification and blends该刊征集聚合物合成与表征（含水凝胶与凝胶）以及聚合物改性与共混方面的研究。
• The structure and performance of polymers across rheological, mechanical, electrical, tribological and thermal properties all fall within its scope聚合物的结构与性能关系研究，涵盖流变、力学、电学、摩擦学与热学性能，均在其收录范围内。
• Both continuum and molecular modelling of polymer behaviour is welcomed该刊欢迎对聚合物行为开展连续介质与分子层面的建模。
• Topics include polymer composites and nanocomposites, smart polymers, and additive manufacturing, extrusion, moulding and other processing technologies主题包括聚合物复合材料与纳米复合材料、智能聚合物，以及增材制造、挤出、成型等加工技术。
• Applications span membranes, foams, packaging films, and building and construction materials应用研究覆盖膜材料、泡沫、包装薄膜，以及建筑与建材领域。
• Comprehensive review articles are of particular interest, and thematic special issues proposed by guest editors are welcomed该刊尤为欢迎全面的综述文章，并欢迎客座编辑提出主题特刊。

History

• The Society of Plastics Engineers announced the launch of SPE Polymers in May 2020 as a fully open access journal and began accepting submissions on 1 May 2020美国塑料工程师学会于 2020 年 5 月宣布创办（SPE Polymers）这本完全开放获取期刊，并于 2020 年 5 月 1 日开始接收投稿。
• Founding editor Brian Grady explained that the journal was created to give a publication home to high-quality manuscripts that the society's subscription journals could no longer accommodate创刊主编 Brian Grady 说明，创办该刊是为给学会订阅期刊难以容纳的高质量稿件提供发表园地。^[1]
• As an online-only gold open access title it removes printing costs and makes every article immediately free to read, share and download作为纯在线金色开放获取期刊，它省去印刷成本，并使每篇论文一经发表即可免费阅读、分享与下载。
• SPE waived the article processing charge for the first six months as a courtesy to early authors作为对早期作者的照顾，学会在创刊头六个月免收文章处理费。
• The journal is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus and DOAJ, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor reached 6.4 in Q1 of Polymer Science该刊被新兴来源引文索引（ESCI）、Scopus 与 DOAJ 收录，2025 年在聚合物科学类别的影响因子达 6.4、位列 Q1。
• It is the fourth archival journal in the SPE family, following Polymer Engineering and Science, the Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology and Polymer Composites它是 SPE 家族旗下第四种档案期刊，继《聚合物工程与科学》《乙烯基与添加剂技术杂志》与《聚合物复合材料》之后创办。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Suprakas Sinha Ray, Chief Researcher and Manager of the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa主编为南非科学与工业研究理事会（Council for Scientific and Industrial Research）纳米结构与先进材料中心首席研究员兼主任 Suprakas Sinha Ray。
• Sadhan C. Jana of the University of Akron serves as Executive Editor阿克伦大学的 Sadhan C. Jana 担任执行编辑。
• The founding Editor-in-Chief was Brian P. Grady of the University of Oklahoma, who launched the journal in 2020创刊主编为俄克拉何马大学的 Brian P. Grady，于 2020 年创办该刊。
• A large international advisory board spans South Africa, India, Canada, Turkey, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Iran, Thailand and the United States规模可观的国际顾问委员会成员来自南非、印度、加拿大、土耳其、波兰、葡萄牙、瑞士、伊朗、泰国与美国。
• Ray's work centres on polymer processing, polymer physics, blends, nanocomposites, biomaterials and conducting polymers, and he is a highly cited author in nanostructured materialsRay 的研究聚焦聚合物加工、聚合物物理、共混、纳米复合材料、生物材料与导电聚合物，是纳米结构材料领域的高被引学者。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscripts site and undergo single anonymous peer review, with comprehensive reviews invited on request稿件经（ScholarOne Manuscripts）投审稿系统提交，接受单盲同行评审，综述类文章可按需邀约。